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Stacy Moore, 48, of Miami Beach, FL, admitted that as part of the scheme replacement debit cards were ordered with the use of stolen personal identifying information belonging to bank account holders. The new debit cards and PINs were sent to…

A jury convicted Harold Chaney, 49, Missouri City, Oct. 3, 2019, following a three-day trial and approximately four hours of deliberation. Also sentenced today were Charmine Godine, 46, and Marcus McNeal, 40, both of Missouri City, along with…

A criminal complaint is simply the method by which a person is charged with criminal activity and raises no inference of guilt. An individual is presumed innocent until competent evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a…

Edmilson Rodrigues, 21, of Providence, admitted that he participated in a scheme to duplicate “real checks” provided to members of the conspiracy by insiders at local law firms, social services agencies, and local colleges.

According…

In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. also ordered Williams-Singleton to pay $462,265.40 as restitution.

Reginald A. DeMatteis, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service,…

According to the plea agreement, Hendricks worked administrative jobs at several Florida medical clinics. She used these jobs to gain access to patient medical records to obtain patients’ birthdates and Social Security numbers. She then sold…

A federal grand jury indicted Young on December 4, 2018, on two counts of tax evasion. According to the indictment, Young operated Mickey Young Construction, a sole proprietorship that built concrete pits to hold millings at oil and gas well…

Jabre Beauvoir, 21, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of bribery and one count of receiving stolen mail. He is scheduled to appear this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Dickson in Newark federal…

Juan Jose Rodriguez-Castro, 36, and a fellow Dominican national, Wilberd Armando Reyes-Castro, 26, were arrested by Pawtucket Police on June 6, 2018, when officers responded to a 911 emergency call for an armed home invasion in progress at a…

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA –Johnna Dee Courtney, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine and counterfeit charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Courtney, age 39, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with…

Gerald “Jerry” Eldon Gosmire, age 60, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.

Gosmire was indicted by a…

Santos-Tan, 36, of Pinole, pleaded guilty to the charges on October 18, 2019. According to her plea agreement, Santos-Tan admitted that over the course of more than two years she executed a scheme by which she defrauded her former employer and…

ABDEL, a permanent resident alien from Venzuela, was named in a two-count Criminal Information charging Access Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft. ABDEL pled guilty to those charges on March 20, 2019.

In March 2018, the…

Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Shanteley Latrice Howard, age 33, and Kermit Lee Smith, age 29, both of Florence, S.C., pled guilty in federal court in Florence,…

“Prey on our kids in the Western District of Kentucky and expect swift and aggressive federal prosecution,” said U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman. “This outcome is due to the fine work of the United States Probation Office, U.S. Secret Service,…